LIttle Anthony and the Imperials
So, I'm in the office on the computer, and David Letterman's on the TV in the living room. I'm not really paying attention, but suddenly I hear him introduce his musical guests, Little Anthony and the Imperials. I hit Ctrl+S, run for ...
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:05:00 GMT
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Hillary
No, I didn't watch the speech. But I read Stephen Green's drunkblogging of it. I'm pretty certain that was the right decision. Especially after seeing a picture of her in that orange pants-suit. As Green put it, "With those hips ...
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:08:00 GMT
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Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash 5000
I've got good news and bad news about Thursday night's Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash, the Donkeys Over Denver edition. First, the bad news: It's too late to RSVP -- and that means no two free drinks. Now the good news: Anyone and everyon...
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:04:00 GMT
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Ron Paul endorsed porkmeister Young
Ron Paul turned me off some time ago, but it wasn't because of economic or fiscal issues. On those, I thought he was solid. So I'm more than a little surprised and quite disappointed that he's pimping votes for one of the GOP's ...
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:20:00 GMT
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American Victory Coalition rally in Denver
If you're anywhere near Denver, please join me in attending the American Victory Coalition rally at Pioneer Monument Park (right across the street from Civic Center Park at Colfax and Broadway) on Sunday, August 24th from 10 AM to 2 PM. Partic...
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:23:00 GMT
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When amateurs outperform professionals
Dr. Thomas Sowell: If ordinary people, with no medical training, could perform surgery in their kitchens with steak knives, and get results that were better than those of surgeons in hospital operating rooms, the whole medical profession would be ...
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:31:00 GMT
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Obama's view of America
On Wednesday, Obama suggested he sees no difference between Baathist Iraq and democratic Georgia: Democrat Barack Obama scolded Russia again on Wednesday for invading another country’s sovereign territory while adding a new twist: the United...
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:27:00 GMT
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Baldilocks vs. Obama
Baldilocks has been in my blogroll since early in the history of this blog. I followed a link to a post of hers, liked it, and kept reading. I haven't dropped by lately (there are just too many good blogs to keep up with), which is a shame. ...
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:36:00 GMT
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Assault pistol lust
Jed at FreedomSight has a picture of 45superman's new "dreaded .50 caliber 'assault pistol,'" and a link to the latter's post about it. I'm not sure how this happened, but Jed's picture is better than the ones at ...
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT
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Boxer tries to stop Coburn from delivering babies for free
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has long been a taxpayer hero and a thorn in the side of the porkmeisters and spendthrifts. Along with Sens. Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Richard Burr (R-NC), he received a 100% score on the Club for Growth's 2007 Senate RePORK...
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:10:00 GMT
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Defeat Don Young!
Rep. Don Young of Alaska is one of the House's chief porkmeisters and the poster child for why the Republican Party is no longer trusted as the party of fiscal responsibility. Along with the now-indicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, Young pushed ...
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:09:00 GMT
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2081
Harrison Bergeron is easily my favorite Kurt Vonnegut story, and I really liked the 1995 TV adaptation. Now, The Moving Picture Institute ("Promoting Freedom Through Film") is coming out with a theatrical short based on the story entitl...
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:32:00 GMT
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Energy industry claims more victims
By now it's a familiar story: Another rural community torn apart by conflicts over energy development. Father pitted against son, brother against brother, and neighbor against neighbor, as some celebrate the influx of money and jobs, while oth...
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:51:00 GMT
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A businessman defends profits
After Exxon Mobil reported a record 2nd-quarter profit, economic illiterates, Democrats, and leftist demagogues (but I repeat myself) fell all over themselves denouncing earnings that Obama called "outrageous." Republicans and capitalism...
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:03:00 GMT
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ID required
The Obama campaign began notifying people this afternoon that they've been granted tickets to the August 28th Invesco Field coronation. But the lucky recipients still have to appear in person and prove their identity (emphasis added): The firs...
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:50:00 GMT
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The Georgia war conspiracy theory
When Russian troops attacked Georgia, I expected the "blame America first" crowd to claim it was somehow our fault. And I figured that the purveyors of moral equivalence would suggest that we were in no position to criticize Russia since...
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:14:00 GMT
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Too radical for McGovern
Today's Democratic leadership has lurched so far to the left that George McGovern is concerned. Specifically, the former senator and the party's 1972 presidential candidate objects to one of their top legislative goals, the Employee Free ...
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:44:00 GMT
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Obama ticket extortion
In a comment to Silencing the opposition, I referred tongue-in-cheek to "The Audacity of Control." How about Audacity of Arrogance, or Audacity of Extortion? The Obama campaign isn't just silencing Clinton supporters, it's pressu...
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:39:00 GMT
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Top Gun in an armchair?
A generation of would-be aviators has grown up sitting in front of a computer mastering Microsoft Flight Simulator. The day has arrived when they can earn their wings, and kill people and break things, in the same comfortable surroundings, flying ...
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:43:00 GMT
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Silencing the opposition
Sacha Millstone of Boulder, a Clinton supporter and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, has learned just how free, open, and democratic today's Democratic Party is -- not very. In a private email to a fellow delegate, Millstone ...
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:02:00 GMT
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Fallujah fake
Remember the KFC restaurant in Fallujah that I posted about last month? Apparently, it's a trademark ripoff, not a genuine Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. Not surprising, really -- and it doesn't change the positive nature of the news. See ...
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:17:00 GMT
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Ballotpedia says we may be number one
It looks like Colorado may lead the nation with the most initiatives and referenda on the ballot this fall. With the August 4 deadline for submitting petitions passed, we have 8 initiatives already certified for the ballot and 15 more that have ...
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:13:00 GMT
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Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash, the DNC edition
Let's see -- the last Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash was number 7.5. So that makes the next one … 5000? WTF?? Well, at least zombyboy has admitted what we've all known for a while: "Our Numbering Scheme is Inexplicable. Sorry Abou...
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:55:00 GMT
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Hush money
Jay Leno: According to the National Enquirer, John Edwards' mistress is getting $15,000 a month in hush money. No word on how much the mainstream media is getting. <rimshot />
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:08:00 GMT
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Remembering Solzhenitsyn
James Lileks, who writes like few others can, remembers the Soviet Union's most famous -- and effective -- dissident: In the summer of ’78 I was back home in Fargo between college years – exiled from the civilized world, cast into ...
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:11:00 GMT
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